trailer break: ‘Buried’
That’s the international trailer. It’s a helluva lot more gripping than the domestic one…
Month: September 2010
question of the day: Will the Great Recession force Hollywood to be more creative?
I wonder if this terrible summer has been a blip or if, perhaps, it’s a state of affairs we should expect to continue for the next several years..
reasons to subscribe at $1 per month: Part IV
‘In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.’ –Pauline Kael
cinematic roots of: ‘Going the Distance’
In Going the Distance, the adorable couple of Drew Barrymore and Justin Long attempt to maintain a relationship while one of them is in New York and the other in San Francisco. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘Machete’
In Machete, a former Mexican federale (Danny Trejo) hiding out in Texas takes on The Man who wants to bring down his Hispanic brothers and The System that perpetuates social injustice. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘The American’
In *The American,* George Clooney’s murder-weary professional assassin mopes around rural mountain Italy while doing one last job before he’s out, out, he tells ya. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
deep thought (re the decline of Syfy)
Haven is the most boring show on television.
retro trailer: ‘Children of the Damned’
Those darn damned kids: they’ve learned to blend in and look like any ol’ ordinary Earth kids, all the better to zap our brains and stuff.
the end of torture porn?; the end of the Internet?; what TV viewers want more of (and what they’re going to get instead); more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
‘Moon’ and ‘Doctor Who’: “The Waters of Mars” are 2010 Hugo winners
WorldCon is going on this weekend in Melboure, and the Hugo Awards were announced last night.
